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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 68 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1456289289015271 | 2.4988e-08 | |
| a | 2.363361559230349 | 6.4394e-09 | au |
| q | 2.01918774675259 | 5.9267e-08 | au |
| i | 9.932276175415259 | 3.5771e-06 | deg |
| node | 55.35386270839832 | 1.7181e-05 | deg |
| peri | 250.8071708542446 | 2.1674e-05 | deg |
| M | 39.49086331172578 | 1.3474e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458854.924662695538
(2020-Jan-06.42466270) | 4.9602e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1327.069530385413
3.63 | 5.4238e-06
1.485e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2712744070730396 | 1.1087e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.707535371708108 | 7.3772e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.7 |
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n/a |
MPO435725 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
5.160 |
km |
0.167 |
EAR_A_COMPIL_5_NEOWISEDIAM_V1_0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
6.049 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Hicks, M.D.; Bauer, J.M.; Tokunaga, A.T. (2004) IAUC 8315.]
[Warner, B.D. (2004) Minor Planet Bull. 31, 67-70.]
[Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Weissman, P.R.; Lowry, S.C.; Choi, Y.-J. (2005) Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 37, 644.]
[Kuppers, M.; Mottola, S.; Lowry, S.C.; A'Hearn, M.F.; et al. (2007) Astron. Astrophys. 462, L13-L16.]
[Weissman, P.R.; Lowry, S.C.; Choi, Y.-J. (2007) Astron. Astrophys. 466, 737-742.]
[Jorda, L.; Lamy, P.L.; Faury, G.; Weissman, P.; et al. (2008) Astron. Astrophys. 487, 1171-1178.]
[Lamy, P.L.; Kaasalainen, M.; Lowry, S.; Weissman, P.; et al. (2008) Astron. Astrophys. 487, 1179-1185.]
[Lamy, P.; Kaasalainen, M.; Jorda, L.; Faury, G.; et al. (2008) Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 40 (28.33).]
[Dotto, E.; Perna, D.; Fornasier, S.; Belskaya, I.N.; et al. (2009) Astron. Astrophys. 494, L29-L32.]
[Jorda, L.; Lamy, P.L.; Gaskell, R.W.; Kaasalainen, M.; et al. (2012) Icarus 221, 1089-1100.]
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.300 |
|
0.034 |
EAR_A_COMPIL_5_NEOWISEDIAM_V1_0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 2867 Steins (1969 VC) Discovered 1969-Nov-04 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1969 VC = 1954 QL = 1979 FJ4 = 1980 VV1 = 1980 WB |
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